Uptown funk and oops upside your head2/16/2024 ![]() According to Ronson in Rolling Stone the song "animates a Minneapolis groove."Īccording to Billboard 's author, Sean Ross, the song is widely influenced by funk artists and their songs, including James Brown's " Living in America", Stevie Wonder 's " Superstition", Zapp's "More Bounce to the Ounce", One Way's " Cutie Pie", The Gap Band's " Oops Up Side Your Head", Earth, Wind & Fire's " Getaway", The Sequence's " Funk You Up", The Sugarhill Gang's " Apache", George Kranz's "Trommeltanz (Din Daa Daa)" and The Time's " Cool" though more likely this comes from The Time's hit "Jungle Love". ![]() Uptown Funk is heavily influenced by the "Minneapolis Sound" of the early 80s, pioneered by Prince, and The Time with Morris Day, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. I don't know who make this wikipedia page, but the info pretty much sums it up who inspired Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars to make Uptown Funk: I also think the verses sound a lot like Morris' (Prince's writing) rhythmic singing style, and it could be from a later song like "Jerk Out" as a comparison but I just haven't found the perfect example. I think there is more influence from The Time than just the "synth drone" but that part is just undisputable. E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator And let me tell you something, that's a new one for me! ![]() After spending almost two years on this board I've found out that there are more haters than fans of Prince's music. So the guitar riff in the intro has no Controversy album feel at all? So the synth drone (thanks Cinny) doesn't sound like anything on Controversy, The Time (1981), 1999, What Time Is It?, Ice Cream Castles? Ok, so I must be absolutely sound deaf then. I must find a link of a song to prove all of the Princelovers that they are wrong." Uhhh, uhhh" "It sounds like everybody from the early eighties except for The Time or Prince, they have no relevance in Uptown Funk. They didn't have anything to do with the inspiration of the song. Mostly everbody is putting in links to songs that most definitely aren't The Time or Prince because "fuck those guys. I would like to call this thread "Hey, let's shit on Prince again and deny all of his importance and input in music".
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